On Fri, 27 Dec 2013 12:54:57 -0800, Jon Perryman wrote: > ... I looked at a couple [dependent functions] from IBM very long ago. They > basically used it to change FMID ownership of modules. Modules shipped in > PTF's under the parent FMID would be ignored and only the new FMID modules > would replace the module. ... > This can be controlled only by the FMID() operand of the ++VER of the FUNCTION. Attempting to do so with a PRE() operand would leave an exposure for MODID failures when a given element is updated in both the parent and the dependent functions.
> ... Parent is only loosely used for lack of a better term. > As long as there's no better term, "parent" is the best available. SMP/E might have made things clearer by devising new syntax such as PARENT() or BASE() (both implied in the documentation) for this construct. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
